Tag: corruption in government

Tugade to all DOTr officials, personnel: Submit SALNs to DOJ-led task force probing corruption in gov’t

(Eagle News) — Transportation Secretary Art Tugade has ordered all agency officials and some personnel to submit their Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (to the DOJ-led task force that will investigate corruption in government. In a statement, Tugade said the order covers officials’ chief-of-staff, secretaries, executive assistants, and those involved in project management and procurement. Tugade said he has also already assigned a group and a point person who will gather and review […]

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DOJ to invite COA, CSC, Ombudsman in task force probe of corruption in gov’t

(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will invite the Commission on Audit, the Civil Service Commission and the Ombudsman in the probe of corruption in the entire government. The Department of Justice made the revelation as it announced the task force that would conduct the probe was the same task force that probed the allegations of corruption in PhilHealth. That task force recommended the filing of charges against incumbent and former PhilHealth officials, including then-PhilHealth chief […]

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Duterte wants “office of checks and balances” to monitor all procurement processes in gov’t

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, Sept. 15, said he wants to create a body that will monitor all procurement processes in government. The President said the “office of checks and balances” will be composed of five people he himself will appoint. He said the five people are “adept sa accounting and of course audit.” “..Lahat ng purchases ng gobyerno, so malaman ko kung may nabayad, dumating ba o hindi…Para wala nang ghost deliveries, wala […]

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President Duterte to create “anti-graft commission” to investigate complaints of corruption in gov’t

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced he would create another antigraft body to “investigate complaints of corruption in government.” “Anak ni Bebot (Bello) siguro kung kaya niya hawakan. Ayaw niya? I’m looking really for someone. Mayroon akong gustong kunin, pero di papayag. Justice talaga,” he said, referring to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Duterte said he needed “maybe 1, or 2 or 3” people who would constitute the commission. President Duterte made […]

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